Fix a Golf Slice; tips to cure a golf slice

br> Needing to fix a golf slice plagues many a golfers game.

Most beginners at golf start off by slicing the golf ball and if they swing with any significant speed, a severe slice results.

It's part of the game and some hackers and whackers suffer with a slice their whole careers. You don't have be one of them.

What happens:

For right handed golfers, the ball flight traveled from left to right severely.

Note if your ball is only drifting marginally to the right, you have hit a fade and not a slice. I suggest you play your fade and use your time to improve other aspects of your game.

Typical Causes:

1. Your swing path is coming from an outside line of the ball to the inside creating significant side spin on the ball causing it to curve out of control.

Under the outside in scenario, your ball will normally take off slightly left of target and then vier to the right.

I used to slice from the left of the fairway to far right of the fairway into the rough or trees on a regular basis.

2.  At impact your club face is wide open also creating side spin.

Under this scenario your ball will start off to the right continue to curve to the right.

Things to work on to fix a golf slice:

1. You need to be more aware of your swing path on the downswing.

Ideally your path to the ball should come slightly from inside the target line to slightly outside the target line creating a crisp impact with the ball.

At a minimum you should mentally picture keeping the club head along the target line a foot before impact and keep the club on line for a foot after impact during practice to help produce straighter ball flights.

Note that it is far easier to hit a solid fade or draw golf shots than it is to hit straight shots, therefore it is strongly suggested that a slight inside out swing path is sought after.

2. A weak or improper grip or too upright swing is likely to blame.

To fix your grip you need to strengthen the grip by making sure the Vs in both hands are pointing toward your right shoulder and ensure you grip the club in your fingers.

A proper grip will promote your club face to properly square the ball up at impact and to close through follow through.

For a too upright swing, you will feel that during your normal swing and at ball address your weight is back on your feet on your heels.

To correct an upright swing you will want to move back from the golf ball at address about 2 inches which will shift your weight forward to the middle to balls of your feet.

This change of weight distribution will cause you to create a rounder, flatter swing and can in effect fix a golf slice.

When I'm hitting the ball well and trying to work the ball into a left to right or right to left ball flight, I will typically do this by creating a weight shift forward to the balls of my feet for a right to left flight or to my heels for left to right ball flight.

Note that if you've backed up off the ball too much, you may start to hook the ball.

Practice these solutions at your local driving range with a bucket of balls or ten and when your ready, bring your new improve golf swing to course to tear it up with confidence.

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